Spot Errors in Adverbs

Exercise

1. “Under no circumstances (A)/we can help you (B)/in this immoral project”, (C)/
said the Chairman (D).
2. Somebody informed (A)/the contractor that his (B)/brother had only died (C)/
five days before (D).
3. She is very senior(A)/to me, so I (B)/cannot defy her orders (C).
4. Who can believe (A)/that she was not (B)/hardly hit (C)/by the death of her
son (D).
5. Hardly she likes (A)/to hear my name (B)/after the dispute which occurred (C)/
between us last year (D).
6. Only by discussing with (A)/the officer concerned (B)/they found out (C)/the
person behind the fraud (D).
7. The house is very good (A)/but too much small (B)/to accommodate (C)/the full
family (D).
8. He does not (A)/know to make (B)/friends so he is leading (C)/a lonely life (D).
9. Every member of the family (A)/is addicted to drinking (B)/and so Asha is (C).
10. He was very tired (A)/of work so he said (B)/that he would (C)/not accompany
us (D)/No error (E).
Exercise

1. Sakshi was exorbitantly paid (A)/for how skilful she (B)/welcomed the
visitors (C).
2. She is almost quite competent (A)/for the post of Marketing Executive (B)/so if
given a chance (C)/she can show the results (D).
3. The student requested (A)/the principal to be enough kind (B)/to grant him seven
days leave (C).
4. He has been trying (A)/to persuade her for several months (B)/but he has (C)/not
still succeeded (D).
5. Before the game he felt surely (A)/of wining, but within five minutes (B)/he
realised that he was wrong (C).
6. The amount which the company (A)/paid to the dependents of (B)/the deceased
was (C)/fairly unjustified (D).
7. Although he only earns (A)/sixteen hundred rupees per month (B)/ yet he
manages his (C)/family well (D).
8. I liked that opportune moment (A)/where the workers proved themselves (B)/
and came out victorious (C).
9. Where else (A)/did you go besides (B)/the bank (C)?
10. Hardly ever (A)/see him (B)/because in my opinion (C)/he is not a reliable
man (D)/No error (E).
11. He is a linguist (A)/and always tries to (B)/make his students (C)/ pronounce the
words correctly (D).